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Cesspool diggers The Crap Crew, kids called them

And they had to kiss Albert’s butt because otherwise they didn’t eat They’d been lucky they weren’t exiled Turk had talked the council out of sending theed, that was the truth of it He’d convinced them that it was better to find a place for him and the others from Human Crew

He’d put all the bla, "It’s not our fault, guys, not me and Lance and all, ere forced by Zil and Hank Hank was scary, man, you know that You knoas a creep and he would have shot us or messed us up"

Turk had whined like a baby And wept And in the end convinced that s wetback Edilio, and especially Albert, that they wouldn’t ain, lessons learned, their lives all turned around now

The Human Crew becastock

Turk hated Albert with a burning, undying passion Albert had everything and tossed the worst crumbs to Turk and Lance and the for away His handsoet it? If we hit Albert now, everyone will blaot Turk’s attention "We tried to pin the fire on Caine and no one believed us"

"This is different Look, do you like living like this?" He looked wildly around the roo stew pot they used as an inside toilet "Eating the worst food, doing the worst job, and being in this due sarcasest loser in town"

"Then listen to ed the you: Drake can’t be killed or stopped So everyone’s scared Maybe we find a way to hook up with Drake, right? Orout over him, and we make our move"

Turk didn’t disht Everyone knew Albert had tons of gold and ’Bertos and all kinds of food--even cans of stuff froood food

"I don’t know, man," Turk said "Hu I ht? We stand up for nor"

Lance laughed derisively "Man, so" He perched himself on the arm of the couch so he could look down at Turk "It’s not just about freaks I uy who thinks of ideas and all, but you’reit You don’t even notice that the whole council is either black or Mexican See, that’s what’s happening: it’s all these minorities hooked up with freaks"

The wheels in Turk’sup speed "Jaets us into Albert’s You do what you gotta do All I’ is, you and me, we’re normal people We’re not black or queer or Mexican And we’re the ones digging toilets How come?"

Turk knew the answer: because they had failed in their attele

"Astrid’s a norued halfheartedly "So’s Saht even be a Jew," Lance said His eyes were glittering He was showing his teeth, grinning as he talked It wasn’t a good look for him "And Astrid? She’s not even on the council any it He felt the new ideas settle into the dark places in his aggrieved mind "Drake’s white So is Orc, you know, underneath it all But they’re kind of like freaks Onlyonly not really Because they didn’t like, turn into freaks, they had accidents or whatever that made them what they are now"